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Pyroderces semicoccinea, Stt. 

 Cosmopieryx 1 scmicoccinea, Stainton, T. E. S. (n. s.) V, 123 (1859). 

 Bred at Pusa from galls in stems of tur {Cajamis indicus), but other 

 moths, including Phycitines, were also bred from these stems, and this 

 species was perhaps only a scavenger. 



Pyroderces albilineeUa, van Dev. 

 Has been reared at Coimbatore from indigo pods in some numbers. 

 Also from Virajpet (S. Coorg). 



Pyroderces promacha., Meyr. 



Pyroderces promacha, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. W. 1897. 351. 



Said by Lefroy {Indian Insect Life, p. 536) to have been " reared 

 from a leaf-mining larva found in Phaseolus mungo ; the orange larva 

 pupates in a thin cocoon of white silk.'' This is probably an error, the 

 leaf-miner being perhaps Cypliosticlia ccerulea. P. prmnacha seems to be 

 a nibbish-feeder and is not a pest, so far as is known. We have it from 

 Pusa, Coimbatore and Peshawar. 



Cosmopteryx bambusce, Meyr. 

 The larva mines blotches in bamboo leaves at Pusa. It is scarcely 

 a pest. 



Cosmopteryx phceogastra, Meyr. 

 Has been reared at Pusa in some numbers from larvee mining bean 

 leaves, butis not a pest. 



Gelechiad^. 



Sitotroga cereaJella, Oliv. 



S. 1. 1, p. 456, f. 331 ; Entl. Note 79 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 183. 



Occurs throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. Usually a pest of 



stored grains but also occurs in the field on ripe ears of paddy, cholam, 



etc. 



Phthorimcea JieUopa, Low. 



S. I. I. pp. 454-455 t. 43 [GnorMoscJiema'] ; Entl. Note 81 ; 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 272. 



Occurs throughout the Plains of India (except North-West) and 



Ceylon as a minor (major in some districts) pest of tobacco, the larva 



boring in the stems. We have records from Hanguranketa (Ceylon), 



